Curtain-fixture



(NoModeL) J. A. MINTZ. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

.No. 581,665. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

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JOSEPH A. MINTZ, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,665, dated April 27, 1897. Application filed June 1, 1896- Serial No. 593,783. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH A. MINTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ourtain-l ixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in curtain-fixtures, the object of which is to provide a simple and cheap construction adapted to be permanently secured to a window-frame, by means of which shade-rollers of different lengths may be operatively mounted in proper relation to the windows and poles of various lengths for curtains may likewise be supported.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of myimproved curtain-fixtures. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line so so, looking to the right. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking to the left,

and Fig. 4 is a front view of a modified form of one of the brackets and parts supported thereby.

Referring to the parts by letters, A A rep resent two brackets which are intended to be permanently secured to opposite sides of the window-casing above the window.

B B represent horizontal guides, which are secured to and are supported by the said brackets. Each of these guides extends away from the window, but in a plane substantially parallel thereto.

O O represent pieces which carry bearings c c for the shade-roller, which is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. These pieces are movable upon the guides and may be secured at any point thereon which will place them at the necessary distance apart to support said shade-rollers.

The brackets A A, as shown, are in the form of plates having two vertical eyes a a, which project at approximately right angles thereto. The guides B B consist of two parallel arms Z) 17, formed by bending a wire so as to bring said arms into parallel relation at the desired distance apart. The ends I) Z) of said arms are bent into vertical positions and enter the said eyes, where one of said ends is secured by upsetting its projecting end. The other end enters the other eye from the top, whereby it will be supported; but it is permitted to move vertically in said eye, whereby the' yokes O C will move smoothly upon said two arms Z) Z) and will hold them at the proper dis tance apart. It is intended that the guides shall remain in positions parallel to the window, and while this result may be secured by riveting one end I) in one of two eyes a. a in line with each other it is perhaps preferable to arrange said eyes out of line, as shown in Fig. 4.

The pieces O C are in the form of yokes having holes in their ends, through which said arms I) Z) pass. The bearing 0 for shade-roller is formed in the end of an arm 0, which projects forward from near the center of said yoke. The pieces 0 0, when they have been placed at the necessary distance apart, are secured to the guides by the set-screws 0 D D represent curtain-pole hooks, which are likewise carried by said supports B B. In the form shown these hooks are formed of a doubled wire bent into hook form at the loop (I, and the two arms cl d of the wire are wound about the two arms I) I). These hooks may also be moved along said supports until they are at the proper distance apart to support the curtain-poles.

The described fixtures are of greatest value in rented houses, for in such houses each outgoing tenant is accustomed to remove his shade roller brackets. Frequently these brackets are removed violently or carelessly, so as to tear the wood. The incoming tenant must secure his shade-brackets at a different place if ,his shades be longer or shorter, and sometimes if they are of the same length. After several changes of tenants the windowcasing becomes unsightly and sometimes so badly worn and torn as to make it di'fficult, if not impossible, to secure any shade-brackets in symmetrical positions. The kind of wear and tear above described is avoided if the fixtures herein described are permanently secured to the window-casing.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of a bracket having a forwardly:- projecting vertical eye, and a guide consisting of two parallel horizontal arms which are integral parts of the same bent wire, one end of said Wire being bent into vertical position and loosely inserted into said eye, the other end of said wire being rigidly connected with said bracket, with a yoke adjustable upon said guide-arms, and an arm projecting forward from said yoke, and having a bearing for a shade-roller, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In an adjustable curtain-fixture,the combination of a bracket having two projecting vertical eyes, and a guide consisting of two parallel horizontal arms which are integral \Vitnesses:

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